A tweet trumped labeled the renewed sanctions as quote the most biting ever imposed he went on to say quote anyone Doing Business with iran will not be Doing Business with the United States so while this pressure from trump get iran to back to the table for a new deal with the United States i put that question to ben im ben a Research Fellow from the Foundation For Defense Of Democracies who focuses on Iranian Security and political issues. Well first and foremost thanks very much for having me yes this is exactly the sort of course of financial means basically economic sanctions that the u. S. Is looking to levy and also in force against tehran to drive them to a choice about their behavior in the region and the economy as well as to more importantly get them back to the Negotiating Table and in co paly a more comprehensive nuclear deal as well as an agreement over its regional three Teacher Portfolios i mean so far tehran says though that theyre not going back to
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the negotiating table so so i d like to ask you as a follow on to that how hard do you expect the resumption of sanctions to hit iran because you know we don t only see the sanctions from the united states we also see this threat from the u.s. president saying that if you do business with iran you will not do business with the united states. that s absolutely right and that s the right kind of deterrent message for the commander in chief to send from the bully pulpit but also there are more important messages being sent through the state department and treasury department roadshows there s been i think somewhere from twenty to thirty countries visited by these two departments warning them of the risks of doing business with iran warning them of the wait and power of the u.s. secondary sanctions as well as some of the longstanding issues that the u.s. has had with iran over the past thirty to forty years so i think ultimately it is this kind of pressure that is going to drive the irania